By  Anayo Okoli Umuahia—A MEMBER of the Board of Trustee (BOT) of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), Chief Sam Nkire has said that there is no automatic ticket for Governor Theodore Orji of Abia state for the 2011 elections. According to Nkire, all interested candidates for the office would be subjected to the party primaries, […]

By  Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Sympathizers broke down in tears as the remains of 38-year old Aghaegbula Emenike, who was recently kidnapped and killed, was buried in his ancestral home in Umulebe Ofeke, Osina, Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State. It would be recalled that two armed men kidnapped Emenike, a Port Harcourt based businessman […]

*Kano, Lagos file petition By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—Barring any last minute change, three Census Tribunals constituted by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), ten months ago, are scheduled to begin sitting on July 21, this year over various petitions filed by some states of the Federation, including Lagos and Kano to challenge the results of […]

By Chris Ochayi ABUJA— Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, former Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Bello Massari, yesterday challenged President Umaru Yar’Adua to ensure genuine electoral reform is put in place before the next general elections in 2011. The eminent Nigerians spoke […]

By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—THE Abia state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ndidi Okereke,  Friday night escaped assassination attempt in Umuahia, the Abia state capital. Okereke was said to be returning from Olokoro, the home town of the party’s National chairman, Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, when a group of unidentified men opened fire on […]

By Tony Edike ENUGU—GOVERNOR Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has announced the award of scholarship to any commercial motorcycle operator in the state that gained admission to study in any university. He also announced the readiness of his administration to provide soft loans that would enable them engage in productive ventures and urged them to […]

EX-INTERNATIONAL, Victor Ikpeba, the former Prince of Monaco has tipped the Flying Eagles to excel in Egypt during the World Youth Championship. Ikpeba said that the success of the Flying Eagles would not be surprising because of their Coach Samson Siasia.

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Imo State government has called on the Federal Government to take note of the wrong perception of Nigeria in respect of the Niger Delta  problems, adding that such negetive  perception should be urgently addressed. Governor Ikedi Ohakim drew Federal Government’s attention to the problems of the area, when he played host to […]

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—A faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Ebonyi state, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest at the NLC National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abakaliki, praying the national officers to remove the state chairman of the council, Mr David Ogba. The protesters carried placards with unprintable allegation against Ogba and why […]

THE most current issue with our football is whether Austin Jay Jay Okocha, former captain of the national team should be recalled to active service. These are desperate times and the tendency persists to think that the past holds lots of promises, more promises than the present.